March 23, 2020
Intro Coronavirus pandemic has led us to unprecedented global crisis affecting societies, economies, financial markets. In the middle of this mess, there is one thing we can do as data experts: help other people understand what happens, where we are and what comes next. Therefore I decided to collect and point at some valuable resources you can easily use for that purpose. 1 Full data set with key epidemic measures, by country, day by day. Source: WHO\OurWorldInData. Read more. […]
January 10, 2020
Intro We have recently discussed where to move out from. Today I will show you where to spend your winter holidays Some well-known health-resorts should be avoided due to poor air quality Skiing in southern Poland will not help you to recover from upper respiratory tract infection Consider changing direction to the seaside. Last years, the cleanest air was in Kołobrzeg Contrary to appearances, I don’t have dogmatic approach to smog. I am rather sceptical about media news saying smog causes tens of […]
December 18, 2019
Intro Have you ever thought where Mr Smog come from? Regardless of what politicians say, what people say on streets, regardless of what you can read in left- or right-wing newspapers…. SMOG has become one of the most popular topics in polish media since first reports revealed the air we breathe every day is so much polluted Currently Poland is one of the most measured countries including public and private network of sensors Data shows traffic has low impact on […]
December 12, 2019
Intro In the last article I underlined that although the air we breathe everyday is not clean, it’s getting slightly better Though, if you’re fed up with air pollution, there are some places you should consider Smog and green lungs of Poland As we are done with a historical data overview, let’s have a look at data from 2017-2018. Among 20 places with the highest PM10 scores, there are 3 out of 11 largest polish cities – Kraków, Katowice, Łódź. I […]
December 5, 2019
Update – June 29th 2020 The countdown has begun … In two days the world will change forever 😉 As we still don’t know whether Qlik announces some free very limited cloud solution, there is still one way to keep your QS Desktop running without a commercial license. Yet, the thing is, it is meant for development purpose only – not for production: the Unlock file available on Qlik Branch. Register first, select your profile (1) and follow instructions given […]
November 13, 2019
Intro It’s no surprise. The fall has come, warm fall. Despite that, the air is so dense you almost have to speed up. It smells really bad, it scratches your throat. Some immediate questions come to your mind: “Am I going to spend my whole life in such conditions? What about my children?”. But, wait a second… How was it before? Was it different years ago or we have just got used to it? OK, let’s take it one by […]
September 20, 2019
If your SME business (see the screen below) is registered in EU, it’s your lucky day! Thanks to the DigitaliseSME project you can get 4 weeks of our services for free. Really, your only cost is lodging and meals of our consultant. The service fee and travel is covered by EU. What is more you don’t have to get through a long, complicated and painful process, typical for EU programs. Paperwork is short and easy, the final agreement should be […]